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On Sep 15, 2:48 pm, Larry wrote:
... I didn't attack RO, by the way. I only pointed out what I had read of the bacteria trapped on the high pressure side of the membrane breaking down, then releasing their toxic load into the feedwater, which WAS small enough to pass through the membrame into the drinking water on the other side. It's a serious problem for many drinkers if it's not corrected. ... Is it a genuine "serious problem" or a theoretically possibly "serious problem"? How many is "many"? I've never heard of a single case of a cruiser getting sick or even suspecting that they got sick from their RO water. It seems to me you've gotten pretty worked-up without any disinterested evidence at all. It would be nice to know if there is any evidence from anyone not selling a competing product that the problem exists and if if does exist is would be nice to know how dangerous it is. Are we talking about the mild flue like stuff that we all get from our food and water as a part of living in a complex world or need we be worried about something more deadly? -- Tom. |
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On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:43:37 -0700, Keith Hughes
wrote: As for the capturing of engine heat to use for distillation, I just have a hard time seeing that the engines used by the typical cruiser, as typically used, would be amenable to that type of modification. The equipment was on the market at one time[1], although RO may have killed it off. The idea was to stretch water supply and gain fuel capacity. As in ocean crossing in powerboats. A sailboat just doesn't have the fuel burn needed to make a lot of water. 1. I have magazines going back decades. Maybe I can find something. Casady |
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